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Monday, December 02, 2013

O'Connor shines, RHH highlights

A
week after earning Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week award, Matt
O’Connor made the conference’s weekly top
performers list for his five bells performance against Cornell. In his four
starts (3-0-1), the 6-6 sophomore turned aside 150 of 157 shots.

Special
teams have keyed BU’s recent success. The Terriers have connected on the power
play in seven of the past eight games. On the defensive side, they’ve killed 19
of the past 20 opponent power plays, including all seven against Cornell, which
had been clicking at a 29% level.

Red
Hot Hockey Tidbits

Video
highlights of the Terriers’ 3-2 win in Red Hot Hockey weren’t available
yesterday, but we have them now.

The
win gave BU a 7-3-1 record vs. Cornell in the last 11 matchups, as well as an
8-2-2 overall record at Madison Square Garden. For a chronicle of those MSG
games prior to the advent of Red Hot Hockey in 2007, check out our Terrier
Tale, “BU
in the Big Apple.”

More
from Head Coach David Quinn: “A month ago, we would have lost this game, but we
found a way to get it done. It feels good. It feels good to win a game of this
magnitude in this environment.”

On
the ice the Terriers were one goal better than Cornell. In the battle of the
bands—situated on opposite ends of Madison Square Garden—the BU Pep Band had a more decisive edge over its
Cornell counterpart. (Video)

Yesterday
we reported on the Terriers’ support of the Ice Hockey in Harlem program
Saturday morning at Central Park’s Lasker Rink. GoTerriers.com provides a report,
a photo gallery and video. ● NESN report

Former
Coach Jack Parker had a different vantage
point for the game than he had for the first three RHH games.

►The
World Junior Championships begin on December 26 in Sweden, and this Wednesday,
USA Hockey will announce its pre-tournament camp roster. United States of
Hockey's Chris Peters looks at the top candidates and expects Terriers Danny
O'Regan and Matt Grzelcyk to earn spots on the final roster, while 2014 recruit
Jack Eichel will merit strong consideration as an underager (under 18).

Looking
back

Nick
Bonino assisted on a pair of third period goals to bring Anaheim even with San
Jose at the end of regulation, but the Sharks scored the only goal in the
shootout for a 4-3 victory. Bonino, who recently signed a three-year contract
extension, found himself skating against his one-time Terrier linemate, John
McCarthy of the Sharks.

Charlie Coyle scored his third goal of the season in Minnesota's 2-0 win against Philadelphia.